Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • All female board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

WEST END WOMEN AND GIRLS CENTRE CIO 

WE AIM TO EMPOWER WOMEN AND GIRLS WHO HAVE BEEN TRADITIONALLY DISENFRANCHISED FROM ACCESS TO EXISTING SERVICES, TO EFFECT POSITIVE CHANGE IN THEIR LEISURE, WORK AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTS. WE DO THIS BY PROVIDING GROUP WORK WHERE WOMEN AND GIRLS CAN MEET, HAVE FUN, LEARN NEW SKILLS AND LOOK AT ISSUES RELEVANT TO THEIR LIVES, BUILDING CONFIDENCE IN A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely female

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£417£389£28n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/22£444£360£84n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/21£596£332£264£0£969£72326.11410
31/03/20£395£270£126n/an/an/an/an/a99
31/03/19£283£322£-38n/an/an/an/an/a98
31/03/18£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/17£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/16£423£319£104£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years

www.westendwomenandgirls.co.uk

INFO@WESTENDWOMENANDGIRLS.CO.UK

01912734942

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Services for females
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Newcastle Upon Tyne City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 20 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£106,500
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£68,000
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£53,156
Virgin Money Foundation£50,000
The Ballinger Charitable Trust£32,964
DCMS£32,000
The Greggs Foundation£15,000
CAF£9,695
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Harnessing young women's collective power to campaign for gender equality in the North East
£90,000 06/03/2023
West End Women and Girls Centre are the only open access community based women and girls centre in Newcastle. They support working class young women with lived experience of gender inequality to ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to West End Women and Girls Centre
£15,000 31/03/2022
Purchasing and installing 1km of deer fencing around 10 acres of land at the smallholding based at Fallowlees Farm, Northumberland
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to West End Women and Girls Centre
£9,786 06/01/2022
Installation of six compost toilets at a smallholding based at Fallowlees Farm, Northumberland
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - The organisation’s work with girls and women at risk of social exclusion in West Newcastle arising from the COVID-19 pandemic
£20,000 27/05/2021
The organisation’s work with girls and women at risk of social exclusion in West Newcastle arising from the COVID-19 pandemic
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to West End Women and Girls Centre
£20,000 27/05/2021
The organisation’s work with girls and women at risk of social exclusion in West Newcastle arising from the COVID-19 pandemic
The Greggs Foundation - Community Hub Programme
£15,000 19/05/2021
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The Community Hubs programme aims to help build stronger, healthier communities by supporting local community organisations in the vicinity of a Greggs outlet to make a real difference in their ....more
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - core costs
£15,000 01/04/2021
core costs
Virgin Money Foundation - Grant to West End Women and Girls Centre
£50,000 25/03/2021
12
Grant to cover the running costs of the Domestic Violence Champions training.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - the running of weekly after school sessions for girls aged 8 to 18 in the West End of Newcastle
£3,000 04/03/2021
the running of weekly after school sessions for girls aged 8 to 18 in the West End of Newcastle
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - the organisations charitable activities supporting women and girls in Newcastle
£2,000 04/03/2021
the organisations charitable activities supporting women and girls in Newcastle
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Power Up: The mobilisation of young women in the North
£1,500 18/01/2021
West End Women and Girls empowers women and girls who have been traditionally denied their rights to access existing services and effect positive change in environment. This grant will fund a peer ....more
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Running costs for the daily soup delivery service working in the inner west of Newcastle during the COVID-19 pandemic
£10,000 27/11/2020
Running costs for the daily soup delivery service working in the inner west of Newcastle during the COVID-19 pandemic
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - running costs for the daily soup delivery service working in the inner west of Newcastle during the COVID-19 pandemic
£10,000 27/11/2020
running costs for the daily soup delivery service working in the inner west of Newcastle during the COVID-19 pandemic
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£27,000 23/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
CAF - Grant to West End Women and Girls Centre
£9,695 11/06/2020
3
Grant to West End Women and Girls Centre to support the organisation through COVID19
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£10,000 28/04/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - services to women and girls affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
£10,000 24/04/2020
services to women and girls affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Power Up: The mobilisation of young women in the North
£5,000 16/03/2020
West End Women and Girls empowers women and girls who have been traditionally denied their rights to access existing services and effect positive change in environment. This mini-grant supports a ....more
DCMS - UK Youth Fund YAF
£5,000 28/02/2020
International Young Womens Day Event
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to West End Women & Girls Centre (NYP)
£32,964 06/12/2019
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Neighbourhood Youth Project
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Core cost contribution
£6,370 11/10/2019
Core cost contribution
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Friendship, Confidence and skills for women
£15,000 02/04/2019
Friendship, Confidence and skills for women
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Individual and Group work domestic abuse support for westend girls
£3,849 07/02/2019
Individual and Group work domestic abuse support for westend girls
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Get On Your Bike
£5,940 06/02/2019
Get On Your Bike
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Supporting gardening sessions and cooking sessions
£2,500 12/12/2018
Supporting gardening sessions and cooking sessions
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to West End Women & Girls Centre
£40,000 22/06/2018
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Towards core costs of operation
Power to Change - Birtley Community Association
£10,000 19/01/2018
Grant to Birtley Community Association
Power to Change - Birtley Community Association
£3,239 01/06/2015
Provided Capacity Support to Birtley Community Association
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/01/2015, number: 1160161
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

WEST END WOMEN & GIRLS CENTRE
STEPHENSON BUILDING
173 ELSWICK ROAD
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE4 6SQ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE EQUALITY OF, AND TO HELP AND EDUCATE GIRLS AND WOMEN THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL CAPACITIES THAT THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED WHO LIVE IN THE AREA OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE AND THE SURROUNDING NORTH EAST REGION.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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